Luminescence dating and modern human origins

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-36

  Feathers, James K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Buried sediments; Heated lithics; Natural radioactivity; Optically stimulated luminescence; Thermoluminescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030305755     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6505(1996)5:1<25::AID-EVAN7>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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